Via Calzabigi 66

We saw this building in Via Calzabigi in a post of six years ago, but this time I was able to take a picture without cars parked in front of it.

See also: Via Calzabigi

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Santa's Family

A strange nativity scene with Santa and his family. Somebody, somewhere, has mixed two different stories?

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Curious Dogs

Not sure about what they were watching on Christmas Day, in Piazza Attias.

See also: Piazza Attias - The Big Red A - The New Attias - A Like Attias

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Covered with Guano

The new part of the Elba pier has been ready for months, but it is still closed to humans.

Dozens of gulls take advantage of this and have literally covered its farthest part with guano.

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What a Shame...

The ultimate example of bicycle art, without bicycles. The easily foreseeable disaster of our bike sharing program has left a few abandoned stations and a hole of 130,000 Euro in our city's balance sheet.

Five-Thousand-Euro Bicycles - Waste of Money - Bike Sharing - A Diabolical Endeavour

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External links: Poche, rotte e sconnesse: il “bike sharing” è a terra (Il Tirreno, in Italian)
See also: Bicycle Art
Search labels: bicycle art

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Scali delle Macine

An almost finished new building on Scali delle Macine.

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Happy Christmas!

One of the three Christmas trees that decorate my office... Happy Christmas to everybody!

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Danger Sign

A well placed danger sign near a figure in a Keith Haring-inspired mural at the Painted School.

See also: The Painted School - Photos of the Painted School
External links: Keith Haring (Wikipedia)

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CP 867 Patrol Boat

A Coast Guard patrol boat seen from the Fortezza Vecchia.

See also: Calm Waters - CP 867 & Nataly - CP 867 - CP 866 - CP 409 Ingianni - Red Stripe
External links: Coast Guard (Wikipedia)

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Petunias

Petunias on a balcony in Via Caduti del Lavoro. (Photo taken last August)

External links: Petunia (Wikipedia)
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Seven Years

After 2558 posts and thousands of photos, our seventh anniversary finds us quite tired. We have been toying for a while with the idea of completely shutting down the blog, but we will probably settle soon for a less interactive approach, which sadly means less visits and comments to other blogs. Also “A Bunch of Benches” will end quite soon. We are absolutely not happy with this choice, but keeping four blogs for years is a time-consuming endeavor and this is the only option to keep at least Livorno Daily Photo still going.

Anniversary Walk - Two Years - Three Years of PowerShots - Four Years - Five Years - Six Years

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See also: Top Ranking Blog - Half a Million - 2000! - 500,000
External links: City Daily Photo (Portal) - Classifica blog provincia di Livorno (BlogItalia, in Italian)

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Sant'Agostino

The church of Sant'Agostino (Saint Augustine) in piazza Aldo Moro.

See also: God Loves You

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Second Choice

This shop window in Corso Mazzini was our second choice for this month's theme day.

(Photo taken last July)

Search labels: bicycle art
External links: Bicycle Art (Inspiration Green)
See also: Theme Day: Shop Window

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Tensile Structure

Not far from the curious building with round windows, we have a tensile structure which offers some shade near the “Terminal Crociere” (Cruise Terminal).

See also: Cruise Terminal - Round Windows

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Scali del Teatro

A corner building between Via del Casino and Scali del Teatro.

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The Hanging Tugboat

During our cruise around the cargo port with Maurizio, we saw the 300-ton “Tito Neri” fixed like this.

(Photo taken last March)

See also: Walk... on Water - Maurizio - Cargo Port - Tito Neri
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December Cat

There are so many cats in Via del Fagiano...

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Christmas Decorations

These are the results of a two-day strike of our garbage collectors, just before the weekend.
Sadly, even in these circumstances, the civic sense of most of the Livornesi is not very good.

See also: Garbage Trucks - Dumpsters - Garbage - Garbage through the Hoop

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The Emperor's New Railing

Pietro Leopoldo was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790 and then Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792. His monument, on the left of the church of San Jacopo in Acquaviva, is a work of the sculptor Andrea Pelliccia. It has now a new nice railing, decorated with a scooter.

See also: Caged Emperor - San Jacopo in Acquaviva - The Missing Bell Tower - San Jacopo
External links: Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (Wikipedia)

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Under the A

Playing under the Big Red A...

See also: Piazza Attias - The Big Red A - The New Attias - A Like Attias

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Round Windows

I am not sure about the nature of this building, which lies inside the cargo port, not far from the Stazione Marittima (Maritime Terminal).

See also: Cruise Terminal

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Dead Plants

Until a few days ago these plants were like this.

See also: Caption Wanted

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Murena (A5305)

The “Murena” (literally: moray eel) was launched in 1957 as a non-magnetic in-shore minesweeper, which means that her hull is mostly made of wood. She is part of a series of vessels called classe Aragosta (Lobster class).

Her original name was “Scampo” (Norway lobster), but in the early 2000's she became “Murena” after undergoing a thorough modernization. Now she is used as a training vessel for the cadets of the Naval Academy.

External links: Murena (Italian Navy)
See also: Astice (A5379)

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A Magpie

I caught this magpie in Via Montebello last Sunday.

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Mazzini and a Beer

On Sunday morning it is easy to find empty bottles all around town. Even Giuseppe Mazzini got his own beer, and it is still half full. If you are curious about the missing C, please read C Eaters.

Link esterni: Giuseppe Mazzini (Wikipedia)
See also: C Eaters

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Two Iron Flowers

Two iron flowers, from the railings around the former Grand Hotel Corallo, in Piazza Dante.

See also: Iron Flowers

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Port without Ships

Sadness is... a port without ships. (Photo taken last August 15th)

External links: Ferragosto (Wikipedia)

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Viale degli Avvalorati

The same building of this old post, reflected in the water of the basin of the Fortezza Nuova.

See also: Two Kinds of New - Fortezza Nuova

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Garbage through the Hoop

Our city-owned garbage collection company is nearly bankrupt, but still managed to spend some money for these silly trash bins: “rifiuti a canestro” means “garbage through the hoop”.

See also: Garbage Trucks - Garbage

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Emerald Princess

The 290-meter “Emerald Princess” was built in 2006 by Fincantieri at the Monfalcone shipyard.
As many ship of her kind, the “Emerald Princess” offers Mediterranean and Greek Isles cruises in spring and summer, and Caribbean cruises in autumn and winter.

(Photos taken last September)

External links: Emerald Princess - Fincantieri - Princess Cruises (Wikipedia)
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Theme Day: Shop Window

A Christmas display in a shop window in Corso Amedeo.

Click here to view thumbnails for all the participants

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Garbage

Sunday morning: our troubles with garbage collection are worsening...

See also: Garbage Trucks - Dumpsters

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Two Ports

Our view from the Mastio is moving again toward the sea with the blue tower of the Avvisatore Marittimo (Maritime Warnings service) at the entrance of the Porto Mediceo. At the horizon we can see the island of Gorgona, 37 Km off the coast, still part of the Municipality of Livorno.
On the left a view of the the Porto Mediceo, which was the first real port and it is now mostly used as a marina or by ferries and smaller cruise ships. On the right a view of the far larger cargo port.

View from the Mastio - The Three Bastions - View on the Old Harbor

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See also: Island Prison - Gorgona - Easter Eve - The Looming Tower - Over the Porto Mediceo - Cargo Port - Fortezza Vecchia - Mastio di Matilde
Search labels: Fortezza Vecchia

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Blowing Soap Bubbles

We all need some some soap bubbles...

See also: Soap Bubbles

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Tiki

Some posts simply get lost, but I would like to salvage this one, even if it is out of season by now.

Last July I went to the Terrazza Mascagni and I saw several Tiki statues around the Surfer Joe Diner.
It seems that they were props to advertise their new Tiki Room. (Photos taken last July)

External links: Tiki - Tiki bar (Wikipedia) - Surfer Joe Diner (Official website)
See also: Terrazza Mascagni
Search labels: Terrazza Mascagni

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Six Bollards

If you are still wondering why our bollards are scared...

See also: Unwelcome Barriers - Seven Spheres - The Scared Bollard

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Karianna

The 40-meter “Karianna” was built in 2008 by Horizon Yacht in Taiwan.

External links: Horizon Yacht (Official website)
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Lantana camara

It seems that this beautiful plant, which I saw at the Parterre, has several downsides: it is considered an invasive species, it could be toxic to animals, but it is really loved by bees and birds.

External links: Lantana camara - Invasive species (Wikipedia)
See also: Parterre

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View on the Old Harbor

Another view from the Mastio (Keep) of the Fortezza Vecchia, this time toward south. This is the original harbor of Livorno, called Darsena Vecchia (Old Harbor) or Pamiglione.
On the left you can see the fishing boats, on the right the boats of Coast Guard, firefighters and Guardia di Finanza.

View from the Mastio - The Three Bastions

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See also: Pamiglione - Old Harbor - Fortezza Vecchia - Mastio di Matilde
Search labels: Fortezza Vecchia

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